16.10.99 – 22.10.99
This week on the mailing list a disturbing thing happened, a
coder was basically yelled at for making a test build of litestep
with a new function added. Ahhh, what? I thought that the reason
litestep was opensource was so things like this WOULD happen. I
realize that some of the other devs may not have wanted it to happen
this way but it’s not as if it was committed to the cvs and made into
an official daily build. It was specifically built and archived
somewhere else. It was even clearly stated that it was a test build
of LS for the #include function. murphy right now does his preview
builds and this seems to be fine, so why isn’t this? Look, if you
don’t like a feature or believe it shouldn’t be added or implemented
the way it is, don’t use it, but please don’t get upset at other
coders for trying to come up with some new ideas and coding them.
- demigod
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TOP NEWS STORIES
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- Themeing discussion log posted (12:26pm 19.10)
“I haven’t seen anyone post the log on their site yet (yeah,
I know it’s the weekend :), so here it is… minus the joins,
parts, and quits. Enjoy!”
url – http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/rootrider/lstheme.txt
(source: LS Mailing List ~ LS Themeing Discussion Log)
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- ph0tek ups the Themes Central prize (10:06am 20.10)
“It seems ph0tek has upped the stakes to his contest… he’s
added a Voodoo3 to the running. If you completely redesign
Themes Central, that is :). The prizes are pretty awesome…
I wonder how many people have entered?”
url – http://www.majorloss.com/litestep
(source: LS Mailing List ~ Wow…)
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- Experimental #include build of ls (9:29am 21.10)
“Warren has released a highly experimental build of LiteSTEP.
It incorporates a configuration idea that has been floating
around for several months, namely, the use of #include to add
specific settings to the config.”
url – litestep.net
(source - litestep.net)
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MODULES
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- BPTypeIn-991019.zip ~ Keith (12:33pm 19.10)
“Have you ever been working on a module for some time when you
somebody announces he’s just released it? It just happened to
me with GeekMaster’s geekPaster… a module that enables you
to have some text automagically typed when you call a bang.
“But since I’d nearly finished my version, I just though I’d
release it anyway. Moreover, it can do a little more things.”
%%UPDATE%% (1:44pm 19.10)
“As suggested by A.Evans, TypeIn can now paste the date/time
as well.”
url – http://www.vif.com/users/keith001/
e-mail – keith001@writeme.com
(source: LS Mailing List ~ New module TypeIn)
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- Recycler 3.2.3 ~ Joachim Calvert (12:39pm 19.10)
“This version seems to have fixed the crash-on-recycle bug
many users experienced (recycling LS, that is). I still don’t
know what caused it though.
“It also features animation support, so you can now have a
short animation played when you drop files on it, or you
recycle the files. This is of course optional. I still have no
good animation for it, but I will hopefully get one this week.”
%%UPDATE%% (9:13am 21.10)
“In response to a bug report, I fixed the !RecyclerVisible
command, so that the module won’t crash LS if the command
is run from LSXCommand without arguments.”
%%UPDATE%% (10:51am 22.10)
“Mostly for the benefit of the non-English-speaking part of
the community, I’ve added support for localization of the
module, so that you can define your own text for the menu
entries.”
url – http://hem.passagen.se/jcalvert/software
e-mail – jcalvert@hem.passagen.se
(source: LS Mailing List ~ Recycler 3.2.0)
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- LSDesktopWeather 0.52 ~ Fizzie (12:56pm 19.10)
- improved behavior when not connected to internet uses
separate thread for updating weather, so that the process
doesn’t affect Litestep’s responsiveness
- implemented a feature allowing several lines of weather
info to be cycled (see DesktopWeatherCycleDelay for more
info)
- added conditions variable for use in DesktopWeatherFormat
(clear, mostly cloudy, etc)
- added DesktopWeatherUpdateString, so a custom update string
can be used (defaults to “Retrieving weather conditions…”)
- added 3 new bang commands: !ShowLSDW, !HideLSDW, and
!ToggleLSDW
url – http://chunkymunky.com/module
e-mail – fizzie7@excite.com
(source: chunkymunky.com/modulo)
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- jDesk 0.60 ~ Jugg (12:59pm 19.10)
+ Added jDeskDesktopFolder (drag & drop) command.
- Removed “jDeskSwapMButtons” (too much extra code, just
change your commands instead).
* Changed the mouse button configuration. Now both Down and
Up commands are on the same line separated by brackets [].
* Changed the way the desktop background/ refresh is handled.
Using WS_EX_TRANSPARENT now.
url – aster.omega2.com/jugg
e-mail – jugg@earthling.net
(source: floach.pimpin.net)
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- Ripple ~ crank (1:02pm 19.10)
“Crank has updated his desktop rippling module (ripple.dll).
If you are not familiar with ripple.dll, it is pure eye candy;
at set coordinates one may create a moving lake-like effect
on their desktop. New features allow the user to hide it on
startup, reverse direction, increase/decrease frequency, and
a new toggle command.”
url – floach.pimpin.net
(source: floach.pimpin.net)
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- Bangpath ~ crank (2:02pm 19.10)
“This is just an idea I had about a less annoying way to
configure paths. Basically we all have a web browser/email
client/irc client/text editor/file manager. If we all called
them by the same names, keeping our own paths.rc file
everything would be cool. This dll is meant more as an idea.
A better implementation would involve modifying how step.rc
is parsed.”
%%UPDATE%% (9:12am 21.10)
The only change is that the module now uses commands of the
form !fileman instead of !X fileman.
url – litestep.net
(source: litestep.net)
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- LSWeather b4 ~ MrJukes (9:47am 20.10)
Changed weather source, now www.wunderground.com
LSWeather now is able to display:
Temperature, Humidity, Dewpoint
Pressure, Visibility, Wind
Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset
Weather Conditions in text or bitmap
New configuration dialog controls:
All theme options
Saving and loading of new themes
New bang commands:
!LSWHide, !LSWShow, !LSWToggle
!LSWUpdate, !LSWChangeSettings
!LSWLaunchWebpage, !LSWReport
!LSWAlwaysOntop (Toggle)
Customizable double-click action
Text display formatting added for all fields.
All loadmodule display bugs fixed (for now)
New incredible wharf and loadmodule themes created by Tritian!
url – floach.pimpin.net
e-mail – mrjukes@purdue.edu
(source: #litestep ~ topic)
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- V_bang 1.45 ~ BlackHawk (10:00am 20.10)
now featuring *working* balance bangs, but i had to remove a
bit from it, too……… I removed ~23k of size – it is now
13.5K small :D. The SetVolume stuff is disabled, too……..
But I should get that back to working till 1.5….
url – blkhawk.cjb.net
e-mail – blkhawk@gmx.net
(source: LS Mailing List ~ ***V_bang 1.45 is out***)
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- WinCtrl 1.1a ~ mirul (9:10am 21.10)
- Fixed recycle crash, where the first loaded module will
crash, then winctrl.
url – chunkymunky.com/modulo
e-mail – mirul_@hotmail.com
(source: chunkymunky.com/modulo)
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THEMES
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- Clinica ~ statler (12:29pm 19.10)
“Just a quick plug for my new theme clinica, which has now
been released and is available from litestep.net.”
url – litestep.net
e-mail – statler@bigfoot.com)
(source: LS Mailing List ~ clinica released)
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WEB SITES
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- Litestep Commands ~ KSR (12:36pm 19.10)
“I am trying to learn HTML and other wonderful web stuff. So
I a made a site for Litestep. It is called Litestep Commands.
I will have syntax files for SynEdit and UltraEdit in a day or
two. I am open to friendly suggestions.”
url – http://krabourn.tripod.com/index.html
e-mail – krabourn@bigfoot.com
(source: LS Mailing List ~ New Site)
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PROGRAMS
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- LiteStep Tweaker 1.57 ~ Epsylon3 (12:53pm 19.10)
RealSize Editor :
- Draw Item when Item has no BackGround Picture.
- Selection has now the size of The Selected Image
Fix Tabs in *Items
url – tweak.cjb.net
e-mail – epsylon3@ifrance.com
(source: chunkymunky.com)
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- LSSplash 1.2 ~ GeekMaster (9:54am 20.10)
“It now has sound support, so you can play a wave file while
LSSplash first launches.”
url – floach.pimpin.net
e-mail – lheddings@geocities.com
(source: litestep.net)
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- W_Conf 1.0 ~ Blackhawk (12:30pm 19.10)
“I have just released a new Litestep tool called
WharfConfigurator. It is a commandline-driven graphical
wharfmenu editor. Think of it as a fast, stripped-down
LsTweaker only for wharfmenu folders.It is currently not as
efficient as i might like it, but it generates working Step.rc
code 8)”
url – blkhawk.cjb.net
e-mail – blkhawk@gmx.net
(source: LS Mailing List ~ ***W_Conf released***)
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Tips
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- You can use e-variables within the step.rc. To do this you simply
assign a variable at the top like: IRC c:\mirc. Then in the body
of your step.rc you can call to the variable like this:
*Hotkey WIN I %IRC%\mirc.exe. This is especially useful for dir’s
that you call to often such as program files or windows.
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Retro
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- LiteStep 1.0 b21 ~ lonerunner (March 25, 1998)
This is the first public release of LiteStep with the original
gfx pack. Now you can remember what it was like to not have
drag and drop support and use !WharfRecycle.
download – chunkymunky.com/lsweekly/retro/litestep_b21.zip
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Latest Builds
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- Official – b24.5 build 221099
Changes
- Changes [litestep/litestep.c / Maduin]:
- Restored “SetAsShell”, “ExplorerNoWarn”, and “PixmapPath”
in order to smooth the transition to the new style
commands. This is a temporary measure, these commands will
eventually be removed permanently.
- Preview – b24.5 build 221099
Changes
- all features of cvs-build 1999/10/22.
- with bitmap-importfilter in lsapi.dll
- key support for TAB, PAUSE and APPS key
- popup-icons can be placed with POPUPTEXTOFFSET from edge
- fixed cursormovement in popup. the submenus don’t open automatically
when moved with cursors. with mouse the will, but you need to press
the left mousebutton, when using key before.
- return/enter opens now the subfolders correctly
infos for the importfilter functions:
- when i got new specifications for imagefilters done, this thingy will
float in the cvs… ;)
- you need my special build… :( sorry no cvs yet…
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